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Determined to contest the election for the post of Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson on Thursday, opposition parties are likely to finalise their strategy and decide the name of their candidate tomorrow, sources said.

A meeting of the opposition parties was held today, during which they discussed the strategy to get the required numbers to defeat the NDA candidate, a source said, but added that no Opposition candidate's name was finalised there.

"We have decided every party would discuss the names with their respective party heads and then have a final round of talk tomorrow to finalise our joint candidate. All opposition parties have also decided to talk to other independent members and a few of non-UPA, non-NDA allies," a senior opposition leader told PTI.

Naidu had suggested that the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman should be elected by consensus. However, as of now it appears an election would take place for the post with the opposition likely to field its candidate as well, the sources said.

The nomination papers will have to be filed before noon on Wednesday.

The post of the deputy chairman has been lying vacant since June this year, following the retirement of P J Kurien, who was elected to the upper house of Parliament on a Congress ticket from Kerala.

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